Training Rapport
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The Stanwell-House

Annexe

1. Presentation

2. Staff

3. Typical working day

4. The Major difference England / France

5. C.V

6. My Impression

7. Picture

8. Thanks

The Presentation

1.) History

Stanwell House Hotel dates back to the 18th Century, and is situated in the picturescque Georgian market town of Lymington. Lymington is one of the South's most attractive and historic locations, wonderfully positioned on the coast, and surrounded by outstanding natural beauty as well as numerous historical sites such as Henry VIII's castle at Hurst Spit and Bucklers Hard where many of Nelsons ships were built. Stanwell House was once owned by James Burcher, cousin to General James Wolf, who spent his last night in this country at Stanwell House before his departure to Quebec in 1759. From around 1820-1880 the house was used as a finishing school for young ladies. Somewhat later, between 1883-1890, it became the establishment of local solicitors Moore & Rawlings. It first became a hotel around 1945 under the name Stanwell House Hotel. Lymington is a traditional New Forest town lying only 16 miles to the west of Southampton. Dating back to the Iron Age there is a continuous thread of interest for the historically minded. This becomes better documented in the Middle Ages when it was developed as one of the country's new towns. Then owned by the De Redvers family, Lymington flourished on the salt industry until the 19th Century, when the market collapsed (between 1865 and 1867). Meanwhile, the arrival of the railway in 1858 helped the town become the main terminal for the Isle of Wight. This, in turn, encouraged people like Thomas Inman, a Hastings ship and yacht builder, and Mrs Beeston's and Leggs with their sea water baths, to invest their skills and enterprise in the area. Thus the trend from commerce to recreation was started. Since then Lymington and the estuary has become one of the country's top